Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-10-25
TELECRAPHIC SUMMARY.
An Epitsns Of The Principal Events Now
Attracting Public Interest

Mile. Aimee, the singer, died from
the effects Of a surgical operation ID
Paris.
The great Union Pacific railway
bridge at Omaha, costing $2,OOO,oOV,
will be finished this month.
The schooner City Of Green Bay has
been lost on Lake Michigan with all
on board except one sailor. She car
ried seven persons.
Ex-Gov. VIM. B. Washburne, of
Greenfield, dropped dead at the morn
ing session Of the board OF foreign mis-
sions at Springfield, Mass.
A work train, in backing near Glad
stone, Wis, struck car and was de-
rallied. The conductor and a brake
man were killed and several others in
jured.
F. A. Hawkins has been arrested in
New York for the murder OF his mother
because she refused to allow him to
marry a servant girl. He has con
fessed.
A boiler in a Touring mill at st.
Louis exploded, killing four people
outright and injuring many more.
All the houses in the neighborhood
were damaged.
Two laborers on farm near New
Portage, Ohio, cut down hollow tree
in which was concealed several thou-
sands of dollars, hid there by miser
fifteen years ago.
Three children while playing on the
island at Quebec, where the artillery
competition was recently held, found a
shell and lit the fuse. The bomb ex-
ploded and killed them all.
Workmen in cotton mill and kiln
raised riot at Moscow, and set fire tc
the factory, which was destroyed
Many persons were killed. Troops
have been sent TO restore order.
George Choate, son OF the renowned
New York lawyer, is lying at the point
OF death from the effects OF "hazing,
received at the hands of the sopho
mores of Williams College, Pittsfeld
Mass.
General John B. Finch, the well
known temperance orator, died sud
denly at Lynn, Mass. Since the dealt
OF Cough, he has been the most prom
inent temperance orator in the United
States.
The miners in the Spring field ant
Petersburg districts, in Illinois, are GU
on strike for an advance of wages tt
67t cents per ton. They have beer
getting about IS cents. Over l50(
men are idle.
The propeller California was sunl
in Lake Michigan. Sixteen lives wer'
lost. She was bound for Montreal
laden with 10000 bushels of corn ant
700 barrels of pork, and carried crew
of twenty-five persons and three pas
| sengers.
Two men named James Delaney an(
Dennis O'Shea were struck by trail
on the Union Pacific road near Omah
and instantly killed. They were eacl
in buggy and were running a race
on their return from the funeral c
P. O'Shea, who died in Joliet peniten
tiary.
Five men We're killed ut differen
points along the Atchson, Topeka ant
Santa Fee road in one day, One a
Argentine, and one each at Syracuse
Strong, Lajunta and Las Vegas. l
appears that all met their deaths Will
walking along the track, through thei
carelessness.
From London, England, is oficiall,
announced that the Imperial Govern
ment has granted subsidy of $225,O0
per annum to the Canadian Pacifi
Railway, which, with the Canada
Governments subsidy of $75,O0(
amounts to 100000 for MONTH
service between China, Japan an
Vancouver, B. G.
The famous diamonds of Charles /
Davis, better known as Alvin Joslyr
were seized by the assessor for 500
taxes, at Butte, Montana. Davis &C
mitted to the assessor that he neve
paid taxes anywhere on them. TIL
feeling there is strongly against the Al
SCISSOR as the seizure is likely to injur
the show business and prevent troupe
from going there.
Advices from Melbourne, Australis
state that an immense nugget, weigh
ing about tifty-one pounds, of pur
gold, has just been unearthed in tn
now famous Midas mine. The fin
has created intense excitement. Tn
nugget is fiat and has something c
the contour of colossal hand, hel
open, with the thumb and finger clos
together Its greatest length is twely
and one-half inches, and breadth eigt
and one half inches. 1t varies i
thickness up to two and one-ha
inches. The value is estimated 8
$4,000. A cast of it will be take
before it is broken up.
At Cincinnati strand came loos
on the cable of the Walnut Hill cabl
road, and wrapped around the grip {
a car coming west on Sixth street. Tn
car, which was full of passengers. coul
not be freed, and rushing ON overtoo
another car which had stopped at
crossing. This car it pushed alonj
The brakes were set hard on DO h, bu
without effect. The cars rushed on i
the darkness, sparks grinding from tn
wheels, the passengers screaming an
hundreds of excited people followin
the cars and shouting. Dashing or
ward the runaway cars soen struck
horse car at the crossing of Fifth an
Sycamore, throwing it into a dee
ditch Al the same time the rnnava